THE BAND
“Stunning movement and aerial acrobatics”
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Sandy & Bruno met in the Seventies.
She was fame hungry, he was doomed to follow her. As one hit wonders, this is a story of their big come-back. With Sandy’s determination and Bruno’s blissful devotion to her, they are here; not by popular demand, but by sheer defiance.
With striking aesthetics and a rousing soundtrack, THE BAND is a quirky, humorous display of desperate ambition and blind affection told through awe-inspiring dance, theatre and circus.
TOUR DATES 2024
6th & 7th September Whirligig, Weston-super-Mare
27th September Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cymru
13th October Strike a Light, Beaford
6th December Cinderford artspace, Cinderford
Artistic Direction: Eleni Edipidi
Devising & Performing: Eleni Edipidi & Nathan Johnston
For the role of Sandy: Eleni Edipidi
For the role of Bruno: Nathan Johnston/ Jamie Higgins/ Charlie De Bolla
Circus Consultant & Artistic Advisor: Tina Koch/ Ockham’s Razor
Visuals: Gopan Iyadurai
Dramaturg: Lisa-Marie Bowler
Lighting Designer: Lucy Hansom
Touring Lighting Designer: Penny Cunningham
Sound: Rob Spaull & Garry Scott James
Costume & Props Design: Levantes Dance Theatre
Costume & Props Assistant: Stella-Jane Odoemelam
Rehearsal Assistants: Bethanie Harrison & Andrew Gardiner
Production Stage Manager: Kleoniki Edipidi
Touring Stage Manager: Penny Cunningham
Production: Jenny Sullivan
THE BAND represented UK Circus at Auch Fest, France (Crying Out Loud, Spotlight UK)
Funded by Arts Council England.
Developed with the support of Greenwich & Lewisham Young People’s Theatre, as part of Progression (an Arts Council England funded project).
Supported by Greenwich Dance and Jacksons Lane.
Thank you: Jess Allen, Adam Davies, Maria Edipidi, Rachel Freeman (EVERYBODY DANCE), Gigi Giannella, Abigail Yeates and Paul J Cockle (Centre de creation / Les Joncailles), Yvonne Kalter, Martina Serra, Stefano di Renzo and Wired Aerial Theatre.
TOUR
2022
5th February 2022, artsdepot, London
8th February 2022, Lawrence Batley, Huddersfield
11th February 2022, The Dukes, Lancaster
12th February 2022, The Civic, Barnsley
16th February 2022, Corn Exchange, Newbury
2021
The Venue, Milton Keynes, UK
2019
Salford University, Salford, UK
Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK
Akropoditi Festival, Syros, Greece
International Theatre Festival, Trabzon, Turkey
2018
International Theatre Festival, Antalya, Turkey
Proteus Centre, Basingstoke, UK
2017
Jacksons Lane, London, UK
ARC, Stockton Arts Centre, Stockton on Tees, UK
Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset, UK
UCLAN, Preston, UK
The Albany, London, UK
Physical fest, Liverpool, UK
Artsfest, Wolverhampton,UK
Mimos Festival, Perigueux, France
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BOOKING
For booking enquiries please contact: sarah@stdma.com
For technical queries and lighting plans please contact: info@levantesdancetheatre.org
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REVIEWS
“I can’t recall the last time I saw anything as intensively inventive as The Band, the story of a couple of 1970s one-hit wonders struggling to cope with their decline and dreaming of a comeback, a doomed fantasy brought to life in a mesmerising onehour mash-up of dance, theatre, mime, acrobatics, cabaret, clowning, music, film and aerial skills. The very best of eyebrow music entertainment soundtrack ranged from George Ezra’s ridiculously chirpy Cassy O to Connie Francis’s heartbreaking version of I’m Sorry I Made You Cry by way of a breathless take on Teach Me Tiger by April Stevens. THE BAND The show at the Albany was devised and performed by Laban-trained Eleni succeeded in being at once funny, sad, Edipidi and Nathan Johnston of the exuberant, reflective, celebratory and Levantes Dance Theatre and triumphantly elegiac in equal measure. The terrific But it was the breakneck performances of Edipidi and Johnston – who incidentally has the most expressive eyebrows I’ve ever seen - that made this show so fantastic and created a multi-faceted, multi-sensory, multi-disciplinary melange of magic through their remarkable artistry and vision.” Miles Hedley - Greenwich Visitor